A Countdown of 10 Memorable Moments From 2016

NASA’s spacecraft Juno successfully
entered Jupiter’s orbit, Tiger
numbers rose for the first time in a century, cars are driving
themselves; in 2016, we have seen triumphs great and small across all industries, including medicine.
It’s tough to summarize our story from the past year, but we’ve chosen our top 10 memorable moments to share
with you again.

10. Lilly in Space

Our partnership
with NASA enabled us to launch some pretty (inter)stellar experiments in space. Results from these
experiments could help improve dissolvability and drug delivery, as well as overall drug design. As Lilly
principal investigator, Richard Cope expressed, “Our hope is that this fundamental work will take us one step
closer to developing better medicines for patients.”

On September 29th, for the ninth straight year, 24,000 employees from 70 countries spent the day giving back
to the communities in which they work for our Global
Day of Service. As a company, we strive to make lives better through medicine – but as people, we work
towards the same goal through these acts of service.

During Health
Literacy Month, we defined terms that are frequently used in clinical trials, posting a new word with its
definition each day on Twitter. Our goal was to promote a deeper understanding of these words and how they
relate to one another.

From providing relief after natural disasters and building a hospital to treat wounded World War 1 soldiers,to
today’s partnerships that allow us to fight tuberculosis, diabetes and cancer, our commitment to global
health spans the entirety of our history.

These two
scientists have found friendship and a shared passion for drug discovery. And together, Ling and Jirong
inspire each another and their colleagues to make life better for people around the world.

Elanco added to its current portfolio of parasiticides, pain and dermatology medicines when it acquired
Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc’s U.S. feline, canine and rabies vaccines – expanding its offerings
to both dogs and cats.

How are we working to make lives better for people around the world? Lilly
For Better outlines our achievements in discovery, research, partnerships and more as we continue to
move toward that goal. Watch videos and explore resources that allow you to dive deeper into the inner workings
of our company.

Incoming Lilly CEO Dave Ricks shares
the story of what happened when he went to lunch with our current CEO, John Lechleiter, a decade ago.
Ricks has been with us since 1996 and we look forward to having another Lilly veteran at the helm!

140 years ago, with the opening of a small chemical manufacturing facility on Pearl Street in Indianapolis, Eli
Lilly and Company was born! This year, we not only celebrated those 140 years as a business – but also
the long, storied history of women
at Lilly.